I need to create a different directory to host my servlets class files in TOMCAT 4.0

[Ray Smilgius]

I have my servlets working in the examples directory but I need to create the directory
C:\myapp\iwa\servlets
I set the context in server.xml
<Context path="/myapp/iwa/servlets" docBase="myapp/iwa/servlets" debug="0" reloadable="true"/>
it does not find the servlet when I post to it.
currently the context below:
<!-- Tomcat Examples Context -->
<Context path="/examples" docBase="examples" debug="0" reloadable="true">
I can run my servlets placing all my class file servlets here without no problems.
but,I need to change the directory structure to use
C:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\webapps\myapp\iwa\servlets
thanks in advance

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[Tim Holloway]

I think you'll have better luck if you put an absolute filesystem path in the docBase attribute. By default, I believe it's relative to TOMCAT_HOME/webapps. "docBase" can be any directory, BTW, docBase doesn't have to form its name relative to the URL path. Though consistency does make it easier to maintain.

[Mike Curwen]

Tim, you are right.

docBase is relative to the Tomcat/webapps directory unless you fully specify an absolute path.

So Ray, your docBase should say: "c:\myapp\iwa\servlets"
If it doesn't, Tomcat appends "c:\jakarta-tomcat-4.0\webapps\", which is why it runs from that path, but not the other.